Sport High jump Club University of Oxford | Olympic finals 1928 Name Colin Gordon | |
Born 24 December 1907 Bath Settlement, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana Died 22 August 1960 (aged 52)
Adelaide, Australia |
Colin Ernest Sutherland Gordon (24 December 1907 – 22 August 1960) was a high jumper from British Guiana (present-day Guyana). He competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics and finished in 17th place. At the 1930 Empire Games he represented British Guiana and won the silver medal.
Gordon worked as a teacher in Canada for a year and in 1931 moved to Geelong Grammar School in Australia. During World War II he served as a Wing Commander with the Royal Australian Air Force. After demobilisation he became Headmaster of St. Peter’s College in Adelaide, Australia, where he worked until his death in 1960.
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